Comparação entre instrumentos de mensuração das consequências do trauma crânio-encefálico

Abstract

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is considered the most important cause of disability among young people and the most common neurological cause of morbidity. Consequently, there is increasing interest in scales to monitor recovery in TBI. Among these scales, two have been widely adopted: the Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS) and the Disability Rating Scale (DRS). The purpose of this paper is to compare the results found in DRS and in the original and extended GOS. Sixty-three closed-head injury victims, aged between 12 and 65, on an outpatient follow-up program at a trauma center in the city of São Paulo, with 6 months to 3 years post-TBI, had their characteristics and outcomes assessed. When comparing the results obtained by the scales, it was concluded that although the three of them were strongly correlated, extended GOS showed to be more sensitive in detecting changes in victims with better post-traumatic conditions.

Quality of life of victims of traumatic brain injury six months after the trauma

“…Traumatic brain injuries cause cognitive, physical and behavioral alterations, being a burden for the healthcare system, and can compromise the quality of life (QoL) of the victims and their family members. Furthermore, a significant part of the population remains outside the productive and social process (1)(2)(3) .…”

Levantamento epidemiológico dos acidentes motociclísticos atendidos em um Centro de Referência ao Trauma de Sergipe

“…External causes are shown to be the most prevalent cause of death among young individuals of producti ve age, especially aggression and traffi c accidents, which consti tute a severe public health problem that increases social and economic costs through what is required for the treatment and rehabilitati on of victi ms (1)(2)(3) .…”

Avaliação do trauma cranioencefálico em um hospital de urgência e emergência do Estado de Sergipe

“…O TCE é superado apenas pelo acidente vascular cerebral como doença neurológica com maior impacto na qualidade de vida (Pereira, Duarte & Santos, 2006;Raja & Zane, 2018). O TCE pode ser classificado, quanto ao mecanismo em fechado ou penetrante, quanto a gravidade, em leve, moderado ou grave, e em relação à morfologia, em: extracranianas, cranianas e intracranianas (Sousa, 2006).…”